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Anderson Cooper this logo grouped to this note is the original size one onThe sept 16 cover is slightly smaller Vol. 26 • October 21, 2010 - November 3, 2010 • www.therainbowtimesnews.com FREE! The R• Your LGBTQainbow News in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, T Connecticutimes & Vermont • R• Your LGBTQainbow News in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, T Connecticutimes & Vermont • Acclaimed OWER P Lesbian Author LESLÉA NEWMAN PHOTO: TYNAN Brings Anti-Bullying Message To NoHo p6 Obama’s “Get-Out-The-Vote” Rally for Patrick Photos p18 PHOTO: GLENN KOETZNER GOVERNOR patrick’s Successful LGBT Fundraiser p13 REUSCH P HILI P PHOTO: Bella MADDO: Anderson All Trans Ensemble Playing Non-trans Roles p10 13 Homolicious Halloween Movies p17 Cooper Ron Perkov’s New Album & Racism In His Life p14 Will He Become The CT: One Big Event w/Ian Harvie & Margaret Cho! p15 “New” Oprah?p18 • Oct. 1, 010 - Nov. 3, 010 • The Rainbow Times • www.therainbowtimesnews.com It is a simple matter of inclusive civil rights: Queer kids’ suicides, torture continue All should be equal,not some left behind because of their sexual orientation By: Gricel M. Ocasio*/TRT Publisher Lieutenant Governor Deval Patrick and Tim he election of candidates that Murray, and Charlie Baker and openly gay run- Isn’t anyone paying attention to these tragedies? ning mate Richard Tisei for the GOP ticket. are LGBT supporters, allies and By: Jason Lydon/TRT Columnist people current- even LGBT contenders them- Charlie Baker’s campaign has a commend- T he George Jackson Brigade, a radical ly incarcerated, selves is of utmost importance to the able position on LGB rights and his position is underground organization in the 1970s the far majority relevant issues that we are still facing solid for support of these rights. If we lived in a of whom have as a community and society. Because place like Alabama, this support would mean un- Tmade up of queers and formerly incar- cerated people, wrote of themselves that, “we been convicted INIION of this, it is a must that we know who precedented change. However, when it comes to are cozy cuddly/armed and dangerous/and we of not-violent is who, when we finally cast our votes. dealing with people’s livelihood and safety, we P drug offenses. Most importantly, we must ensure that will raze the F*@%ing prisons/to the ground.” cannot fall short of including most and excluding Two books have come out over the past couple In Massachu- O the entire LGBT community is included some. That is where the Baker campaign does setts 1 in 24 and represented in the candidates’ ini- of months detailing the history of this organi- not measure up, for it excludes the Trans com- zation and what inspired them to join the vio- people are ei- tiatives that we are voting for or endorsing. munity in the “Transgender Civil Rights Bill” lent leftist underground in the 1970s. I have ther in prison, Jason Lydon In this case, we examined the top two cam- now famously known as the “bathroom bill.” on probation, paigns: incumbent Democrat Governor and begun reading these books and while many See Inclusive on page 8 people consider all underground organizations or on parole, this liberal state has the fourth of the 60s and 70s to be the same, all like the highest rate of state-controlled lives in the Weather Underground, they were all actually country. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Follow the money: Voters not paying incredibly different and the George Jackson and queer people today must prioritize the lives Brigade is important, especially for queer of our incarcerated family in the work that we close attention will be easily fooled people, to remember. They are important to do. Because of our rates of homelessness, ad- remember because whether you agree with diction, unemployment, and family abandon- By: Susan Ryan-Vollmar*/ In four of the five statewide races—for gov- their tactics of political bombing, bank expro- ment we are targeted by the prison system. TRT Columnist ernor, attorney general, treasurer, and audi- priations, and jail-breaking, the liberation they The U.S. incarceration system has become ere’s a scary thought: tor—the candidates acting as the stand-in for were struggling for is the same liberation we known by many as the prison industrial com- Voters this year “change” are not our allies. At the state Repub- are fighting for today. Queer kids are killing plex. It is called such because the system is Hare so obsessed lican convention in April, gubernatorial candi- themselves, people are being tortured because not simply about the concrete and steel build- with the economy and date Charlie Baker derided a bill (co-sponsored of their sexual orientation, and members of our ings that warehouse individuals. The system change for change’s sake by his openly gay running mate state Sen. community are suffering behind prison walls. is a full collusion between the police, judges, that we’re going to see Richard Tisei, no less) that would expand ex- The George Jackson Brigade prioritized the prosecutors, corporate profiteers, politicians, some candidates slip into isting civil rights law in the state to transgender struggle of prisoners as the focus of their po- neighborhood-watch groups, “victims’ rights” office who otherwise people, as a “bathroom bill,” and promised to litical action. They did so at a time when there groups, and so many others who claim to be Susan Ryan-Vollmar would never have had a veto it if he were governor. were less than a million people incarcerated in solving the problems of violence and poverty shot. And the end result James McKenna, who is running for attorney U.S. prisons. Today, there are over .3 million is that our political landscape will be a lot less general against Martha Coakely, says he never See Queer Kids on page 4 accepting and supportive of LGBT people than would have filed a lawsuit challenging the con- it is now. stitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage A poll released Sept. 30 by the MassINC Act (DOMA), which forces the state of Mas- Letters to the Editor The Rainbow Times sachusetts to withhold rights and benefits from 351 Pleasant St., #322 Polling Group found that 9 percent of regis- Dear Editor, tered voters surveyed said that “jobs and the married lesbian and gay couples. His reason- Northampton, MA 01060 ing? His job as attorney general is to “enforce I loved the Jujubee cover on TRT. She’s www.therainbowtimesnews.com economy” is the most important issue in the so awesome and so giving. I was at the NA- governor’s race. Seventy-three percent were the law.” Apparently even when it’s applied GLY event and we had a blast with her dedi- [email protected] concerned about taxes and 68 percent were wor- in discriminatory fashion. And, oh, McK- [email protected] enna won’t say whether or not he supports the cation to this important fundraiser. Thanks ried about corruption. Just 5 percent said that Phone: 413.282.8881, 617.444.9618 “gay marriage” was an issue they cared about. for giving her the cover pic. See Follow the Money on page 6 Great job and great cover! or Fax: 206.203.0436 —Justin Meyer, Salem, MA Publisher Columnists CABO members outreach efforts to prevent teen suicides Dear Editor, Gricel M. Ocasio Lorelei Erisis By: Jenn Tracz*/CABO’s Executive Director organization that provides I liked the coverage of the Back to School Editor-In-Chief Deja N. Greenlaw Paul P. Jesep s everyone has seen in the news over the a safe place for kids to go anti-bullying run. I also watched CNN’s Nicole Lashomb past few weeks LGBT teen suicide is to talk and be who they are. coverage of the bullying and saw Sirdeaner Jason Lydon Ahitting a tipping point. In the past month Kamora Herrington, the Walker and her daughter speaking out about Assistant Editor Jenn Tracz alone there have been 5 stories of teen suicides Mentoring Program Direc- bullying, but denying and almost not ad- Natalia Muñoz John Verlinden with the common theme of being bullied be- tor at True Colors stated, dressing that this was an anti-gay bullying Sales Associates Susan Ryan-Vollmar cause they were gay or lesbian. In September “As horrible as the recent act, even if her kid had not come out of the Chris Gilmore Reporters suicides have been, I need closet. Who knows if he had wanted to. But, GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Educa- Liz Johnson Chuck Colbert tion Network, released its 009 National School to believe that their lives to just try to make it about bullying leaving Christine Nico Climate Survey. The study shows nearly 9 out were lost in order for a true out the anti-gay rhetoric does not do it jus- Lead Photographer Tynan Power of 10 LGBT students experienced harassment and real conversation about tice to our cause. Glenn Koetzner Joe Siegel at school and two-thirds felt unsafe because real LGBT issues to sur- —John Mattews, Westfield, MA Webmaster Lead Designer of their sexual orientation. These are numbers face.” She also said, “Our Jarred Johnson Jim Curran that the LGBT community has seen and that are Jenn Tracz children need to know us Dear Editor, now making an impact in mainstream media. and know that we love The coverage by Mr. Joe Siegel about the The Rainbow Times is published biweekly by CABO has two non-profit members that are them and value them. As much as I admire Dan unsafe College Campuses concerns me a The Rainbow Times, LLC.
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